What High School players did you watch live in HS and say 'NBA'

[DOZE860]

Remember watching Tyson Wheeler light up my high school (Ledyard) in some LA Gears that lit up every time you jumped..
Also his father was a guidance counselor at my school.
Also, RIP his daughter.. sad story

 

[Griggs]

Author Pat Jordan in 1979 wrote "Chase The Game" Great read if you are a Bridgeport HS basketball fan.

 

[John]

watched Vinny Del Negro in HS and he was heads and shoulders above the other players. Made a nice career for himself via the game.

 

[Drame]

My high school played and beat Tyson Wheelers New London team in the state tourney. One of the best games I ever experienced. Vin Baker was in our conference and he seemed damned good at 6'8" at the time but didnt realize he was going to the NBA.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I’ve seen very little high quality high school basketball (almost all games FCIAC) but Parrish Edmond completely floored me when I watched him at ND-Fairfield before he moved onto PSA. Not sure if he’s an NBA guy, but when I watched him he was only offered by Sacred Heart at that point and thought the high-majors are coming soon. No chance he lands at Sacred Heart.

 

[HCCForever]

Author Pat Jordan in 1979 wrote "Chase The Game" Great read if you are a Bridgeport HS basketball fan.

Besides Bridgeport and New Haven, Hartford had some NBA talent in high school as well. Rick Mahorn from Weaver and Marcus Camby and Michael Adams to name a few from Hartford High. Bob Nash was also from Hartford High earlier and then played at Hawaii.

Randy Lavigne grew up near me in Hartford. He helped South Catholic win the basketball state championship in 1974. But I thought his best sport was baseball which he played at UConn along with basketball. HIs little league team (8-Ball) was 18-0 I believe helped by his pitching and hitting. He even participated in the Hit, Pitch and Run at Yankee Stadium and I think came in second. That was baseball's answer to football's Punt, Pass and Kick. But as good as he was, his ascent stopped at AAA for the Iowa Cubs. That just showed me how special you need to be to make MLB.

 

[AidanFan20]

On another thread a post by @AidanFan20 made me think of young high school ballers I saw in person (at their HS games), who I knew would make an NBA roster...

I'm guessing that was my post about the incredible Jason Kidd. For the other team, it must have felt like they were playing 5-on-6. Guy had a motor that was always zooming! Saw him play some 70 HS games, and by the summer before he started at Cal, I was telling people he was first-ballot HOF material.

Also saw Kevin Love of Lake Oswego HS in Oregon... some 50 games' worth. I was sure he'd have an excellent career in college and NBA.

 

[mlpavela]

Craig Austrie!

 

[Lafayette]

Likely saw 6 years of HS players for Bob Hurley Sr. at St Anthony when it was open. Lived a block away at the time in Jersey City would sneak there for games. Not many made it to a college or NBA but his system was amazing - never saw a loss.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Have never seen any NBA player while he was in HS. Saw Tyler Kolek when he was in 6th grade. Thought he had NBA level court awareness, instincts and BBIQ. Didn't expect he'd have the size or athleticism. But he was dominating much older kids in that game.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Kris Dunn, Andre Drummond, AJ Dybantsa. Maybe Baye Ndongo (currently at GT).